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Speaker 2:Good morning, Juno, and welcome to Juno's Problem Corner. This is your Tuesday host, Connor Lindrum, and I'm so, so happy to be here with all of you on air today. My phone has been flashing, and we've got a call coming in right now right at the top of the show. Hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:How can I help you today?
Speaker 3:Well, good morning, sir. Good morning. Player.
Speaker 2:Okay. And
Speaker 3:I'm having a charge, so it will be in working order. Yesterday, you gave the wrong it's $40 for that. I have the remote control and cords you can hook up to a big screen TV. I understand. They still have those seven pounds of pope berries, and somebody asked if they were in jars.
Speaker 3:Well, they don't grow in jars, you have to go out and harvest them. I have to go with them and I want $50 for the petty towns.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 3:And I also have the new Harley Davidson black motorcycle jacket for a $100, and they go for well over $500. So for any information, (907) 713-5568. Thank you for your program. Get out there and vote.
Speaker 2:Get out there and vote, folks. Thank you so much for calling in. Alright. So $40 DVD player, seven pounds of soap berries for $50, a new Harley Davidson leather jacket for a $100. Give a call to (907) 713-5568 if you're interested.
Speaker 2:Hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner. How can we help you today?
Speaker 4:Hey. Good morning.
Speaker 2:Good morning.
Speaker 4:I'm just calling to see. Is that through that goes to revise at City Hall for 1,200,000?
Speaker 2:Oh, man. I I actually don't know anything about that. So you're saying that Sea Alaska is gonna buy the old city hall since they're moving into the new city hall?
Speaker 4:That's what they've been talking about on on the news.
Speaker 2:Okay. Great. So
Speaker 4:The only thing I wanna know is why is Alaska gonna buy that building if they can't help their shareholders? The main department down to something. They wanna like to put out there for everybody that's Sea Alaska shareholders.
Speaker 2:Got it. You got a little muddled there for a second, so I just wanna rephrase what you said to make sure that we're clear for our listeners. You want to know why is Sealaska Heritage spending money on buying the city hall when they have not been able to make housing for their shareholders?
Speaker 4:Yes, that's what I said.
Speaker 2:Okay. Just wanted to make sure. That's a good question. If anyone out there knows any answers to it, please give us a call in at (907) 586-1800. This is Juno's call in show, and thank you so much for calling in to ask about this.
Speaker 2:I don't know anything about this project.
Speaker 4:I'm sorry.
Speaker 2:Too. Yeah. If anyone out there knows anything about SHI's buying of the old City Hall or anything about their housing projects, it is something that I do not know enough to speak on myself, and I would love to hear from you out there. Give us a call at (907) 586-1800. We also started off the show with callers with some items for sale.
Speaker 2:They've got a DVD player for $40, seven pounds of soap berries for $50, a new Harley Davidson leather jacket for $100. And if you're interested in any of these things, give a call to (907) 713-5568, and you can talk to them. And if there's anything else you wanna talk about, give us a call. It is voting day. I went and voted this morning.
Speaker 2:I've got my little sticker on my shirt right here. I got the one with the person in the regalia banging the drum, and it is always fun walking in that room. There's a real special air in the voting booth, and we've got a call coming in. Hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:How can we help you today?
Speaker 5:Yeah. I just I went to a vote this morning, and I thought it was supposed to be ranked choice voting. Did our election officials make a mistake or what?
Speaker 2:Oh, I know a little about this, but not a lot. I believe ranked choice voting is at a different stage. Like, I believe that this is the is gonna be at another stage of the election process. So I don't think it's gone, but I wanna clarify, I'm not certain about this. I think it just comes in at, like, the next round of voting because part of why the lists of all the people to vote for right now are so long because I believe this is the the first stage.
Speaker 2:But please give us a call if you can confirm or correct me. I'd really appreciate it. But I believe that ranked choice is coming in at another step later down the line.
Speaker 5:Nobody said they're supposed to be the top four was supposed to go up on the next election. We were supposed to vote for four. Top the top four was supposed to go on to the next election.
Speaker 2:Yes. So I believe the way it works No.
Speaker 5:And that's that's what it that's what they stated on this election, that the top four will go on to the next election.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 5:So it supposed to have been ranked choice and we're supposed to vote.
Speaker 2:So I think the idea is that,
Speaker 6:like that
Speaker 5:I had Purdue away with that ranked choice voting on this one, this round and two. And
Speaker 2:I think the You way
Speaker 5:know, it's it's not right the way the way things are going. You know? I think That's why I said I wonder if the election official made made a mistake because I was watching CNN last night too in Alaska. What's CNN last night where they talked about this ranked choice voting, said that the top four will go in
Speaker 3:the next
Speaker 5:round or the main election, and over 48 was watching it. Even our president of The United States was watching it. That's why I said, we hit CNN news last night.
Speaker 2:I think that what it is is that the four from this today's election like, are you supposed to vote for one today? And then the top four from everyone voting for just one will then be in a ranked choice voting in the next round. So this round, everyone votes for one, and the top four from this round get ranked choice voting in the next round. So this is sort of like who gets onto the list to be for ranked choice.
Speaker 5:Well, I just hope the people vote the right way, you know, because it's it's very you know, our president is acting like a dictator. Look at this more this morning watching the Washington, he was saying where that United States owns how moose, the channel they're fighting for, and that's not right for him to talk like that, you know, but I just thought I'd throw that out there because I was I watched the news when I get up early, and he's saying we we own it. The United States don't own any waters overseas, you know. That's just a shame how we talk, and that's not right. So I hope our people vote the right way, you know.
Speaker 5:The Democrats said they wanna get in so they could stop him from what he's doing. You know? We need to stop him. Hey. He's going too cuckoo.
Speaker 2:I I I don't think you're the only person who feels that way. I'd love to hear if anyone else out there in the audience feels the same way. I did just get a text because you can text our number, and someone texted and did say that the ranked choice will be the top four. So what I said is how it's gonna go, I believe. Thank you so much for calling in, sir.
Speaker 2:And, yeah, if anyone else feels the same as our friend who was just calling in, give us a call. We've got our first caller in right now. Hello. You are on the air with Juno's Problem Corner. How can we help you today?
Speaker 6:Hey. Thank you. My name is Mel.
Speaker 4:Hey, Mel.
Speaker 6:I'd like to respond. I wish you guys would get this feedback, the echo that we always get. I I'm responding to the last caller. I voted I'm a procrastinator. I I voted to absentee, and I went walked into the deli post office and had them stamp it.
Speaker 6:And I I wear that big button on my hat now made of floating counts.
Speaker 7:Nice.
Speaker 6:And we we all already know that, and we we know that it's very important for us to to be voting and kinda encourage other indigenous to to vote. So it's it's kinda tiring to you know, I I don't wanna pick on anybody. I I I'm I feel very troubled with the way things are going, and I truly believe in freedom of speech. It's very important, and it's been throating. And I don't have to go into it because we've seen it.
Speaker 6:Even some of the Republicans must now stand up and and take a hard look at it. That's that's enough out of me. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much for calling, and, I don't think that you're the only one who feels that way. I think that, you know, it feels like there's change on the wind. But with that last sentiment, we're gonna go into our, first commercial break. Call us, after we're done with our little break. I wanna hear more from Juno.
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Speaker 1:Paid for by Tom Begich for Alaska, Box 140664, Anchorage. You're listening to Problem Corner on KINY, bringing neighbors together for generations. From the days of Dennis Egan to today, we're proud to continue the tradition of lively debates, community insights, and local connections here on KINY.
Speaker 2:Here on KINY. We love our lively local debates. Please give us a call at (907) 586-1800 if you want to throw your hat in the ring. And we've got
Speaker 12:our first caller. Hello. You are on the
Speaker 2:air with Problem Corner. Oh, we missed that one. Hello. You're on the air with Problem Corner.
Speaker 13:Good morning.
Speaker 2:Good morning.
Speaker 13:I only have a few minutes, but I don't the echo on this. It's really bad. Anyway, the the voting for the new upcoming election, things things never change. We haven't had a decent governor or representative for the state of Alaska in quite some time. Mister Hammond was probably one of the very last ones that really truly cared about the people.
Speaker 13:A lot of on the state level and local level, things really you know, they kept the capital really where it needed to be. Clean, up running all of our roads were done. Sidewalks were taken care of. The children were taken care of on the education level. It's not being done anymore.
Speaker 13:It's a matter of them getting into office. And as far as local level, the prices may the gas may come down. The food's never the prices are gonna come down a little bit, but it's not gonna change. The restaurant prices are never gonna change. We need to have more variety of restaurants.
Speaker 13:But politics politics have absolutely destroyed Juno. Absolutely. Mhmm. And that's my that's my 2¢ on on it all. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Thank you. A somber thought. I I feel very familiar with the feelings of hopelessness and pessimism that come with sort of contemplating political action. It can be very tempting to sort of look at all of the problems and look and say things only get worse, nothing ever gets better.
Speaker 2:I think we have a bias towards seeing problems over seeing things that are good or that are improving. I think that things that are problems draw our attention a lot more. And that it is because of that bias very difficult to sort of hold on to motivation, especially when we can feel so sort of small and insignificant as individual people, but nothing will ever get better if that is the voice that every person listens to. And things can improve, things can change, but it does require a big outpouring of individual action that coalesces into a group impact because the reach of individuals in the world and in the country is not even, and that's just reality. Some people have more influence than others, but no one has more influence than everybody coming together.
Speaker 2:And it's but that's tough because we all have disagreements and we all find ourselves on different lanes on opposite sides of aisles, and it can make it very difficult to believe in the collective effort. But on a day like today, it's voting day, you go in, you see all of these volunteers who are out there making sure that our polling places are open, are making sure that you are able to go and have your voice heard. And it really does make you feel differently to walk into that room and to be in that feeling of communal focus. So go out and vote today for lots of reasons. But while you're there, try to look around at all the people around you, at all the people who are there making sure that voting happens, that are showing up to cast their own vote.
Speaker 2:There is something really electric being in that space. And it is one of our most reliable tools for making changes, at least on the small level. And there are candidates being voted for today, there is also a ballot measure that is worth checking out. It's fairly straightforward. So definitely go and vote today for your candidates, but also go and take a look at that ballot measure, which is about, campaign contributions.
Speaker 2:A very important, part of making sure our democracy works the way we want it to. If anyone else has any thoughts or wants to respond to any of our other callers, please give us a call. We also have some events coming up here in Juneau. I'm hosting $2 trivia Tuesday tonight, as I do every Tuesday night at Devil's Club Brewery downtown. It's $2 cash, 07:00, five rounds of trivia, and it's a good good time.
Speaker 2:Also, Friday twenty first to Sunday the twenty third is the Tattoo Expo at Elizabeth Pradovich Hall. It's all ages, but children must be accompanied by an adult. And I believe it's $15 a day to attend. And there's just dozens of wonderful award winning tattoo artists there. You can go in and get a little body art done.
Speaker 2:Makes me wanna go in and get a little new ink myself. Oh, we got a call coming in. Hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner. How are you today?
Speaker 4:I'm good. I'm calling from Sitka.
Speaker 2:Hey. Thank you from Sitka.
Speaker 4:I was calling in regards to the Sitka people because I know there's a lot of people who listen. And first of all, I wanted to say thank you to God and all of my friends who wish me a happy birthday on Sunday. I I am very grateful. I was very anxious, so I was I
Speaker 6:can't remember how to say it.
Speaker 4:So I was turning 41. I I had a great sermon from understanding what is what it all meant to go through the forties and and how Elijah came out of the cave, how with the promises of the forty years, there's still a beautiful rainbow. I was I was thinking about all the forties, you know, in
Speaker 6:the
Speaker 4:bible. I I realized that there was always a great story in in the 41.
Speaker 13:So I'm 41, but
Speaker 4:I'm I'm also calling in regards to Sitka people. I am in need of moving in furniture. I got a I got a a old brand new trailer to me, and I it's paid in full, so I need help moving in. And my number is (907) 219-3207. If anybody here in Sitka could help me move in with some furniture, I I got a lot of good trade, and and we're willing to pay for what we can afford.
Speaker 2:We do you have a name you want to share to I just didn't have this call for help in your community?
Speaker 3:Oh, yes.
Speaker 6:My name
Speaker 4:is name is Potink, Catherine Howard.
Speaker 2:Potink. Catherine Howard. Absolutely. Congratulations on your birthday and your place. I am might have to end your call if we have some more yelling going on in the background.
Speaker 2:I'm sorry to say, but I'll out this call for you. Thank you so much for calling in and happy birthday. So anyone in Sitka, remember it's it's Potenk Catherine Howard's birthday recently. Congratulations on forty one years. And Catherine recently got a full trailer to herself, fully paid, really exciting, but needs help moving in.
Speaker 2:Give a call to (907) 219-3207. If you're in Sitka and you're willing to lend a helping hand, she's offering to do some trade or some small payment that she can afford. But, hey, you know, helping people move into their homes is one of the most neighborly things you can do. (907) 219-3207 to our friends and listeners in Sitka. Hello.
Speaker 2:You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 7:Yeah. I have a 2000 Suburban 1,500 for sale for $400. I was driving that. Engine's perfect something. It starts slipping the transmission, but I think a seal blew in it, but I'm not sure.
Speaker 7:But if somebody knows what they're doing, man, and want it, give me a call. 907508779.
Speaker 2:8779. You said for $400?
Speaker 14:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Okay. Great. Thank you so much for calling.
Speaker 7:Everything worked. But, anyway okay. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Thank you. Alright. If you're looking for a Suburban for $400, give a call at 907508779. We it is the bottom of the hour. It's 11:33.
Speaker 2:We are gonna go to our next commercial break, but give me a call when we're back on air. Wanna hear more from you.
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Speaker 15:ABC News. I'm Michelle Franz. Both sides are ramping up the rhetoric over the Strait Of Hormuz. Each side says blockades remain in place. ABC News contributor and former US ambassador to NATO, Doug Lutz, says The US has few options.
Speaker 16:The options are escalate and try to convince the other side that they we can induce pain that is intolerable. And, of course, Iran holds that option as well. Negotiate, but there seems to be so little trust between the two parties now that that seems unlikely.
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Speaker 1:You're listening to Problem Corner on KINY, bringing neighbors together for generations. From the days of Dennis Egan to today, we're proud to continue the tradition of lively debates, community insights, and local connections here on KINY.
Speaker 2:That's right. Local community connections. That's what this show is all about, and we've got some calls already coming in. Hello. You're on the air with oh, we missed that one.
Speaker 2:Hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 5:Yeah. I was listening to your program. Is that right? That lady that the son got on that POS is buying that city building?
Speaker 2:I believe so. I believe the old city hall is being bought by SHI.
Speaker 5:You know, to me, I don't seem right because Sea Alaska, we have a lot of shareholders, know, all these rural communities, and we didn't even have no faithful on it and the shareholders do have faithful on it. If they're using our money to buy that, back when the ones that passed on, they used to always give us distribution, and after they were gone, we don't get nothing. They just start a seven I like our corporation. That's all we get three times a year, and that's not right what they're doing, you know. It's not gonna benefit the rural communities, and that's a lot of money they're using.
Speaker 6:I don't So that's
Speaker 5:not I just thought I'd I just thought I'd throw that out there. I don't know. Maybe some others will win it out and see what's going on. Thank you for the program.
Speaker 2:Absolutely. Thank you so much for calling. I really appreciate it. If anyone out there can speak on SHI's purchase of the Old City Hall in more detail than I can, let me know. I don't know if it's good or bad for shareholders.
Speaker 2:I myself am not a shareholder. And in addition, I know that in order to sort of like, you know, make money for your shareholders, you gotta spend money to, like, increase your capacity or your infrastructure or something. And I just don't really know anything about it. So if anyone else has any insights for us, let us know. We got another call coming in.
Speaker 2:Hello. You're on the air with Geno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 22:Hey. What's up, buttercup?
Speaker 2:Oh, you know, just blooming.
Speaker 22:Just blooming? Yeah. It's not a bad day. It's it's a great medium. It's so great that it's it's not too hot, and it's not too wet.
Speaker 22:So yahoo.
Speaker 2:Yeah. No. It's a good one. I like it out there. I watched my my polling place today to cast my vote, and I was thinking some similar thoughts.
Speaker 2:It's nice.
Speaker 6:Yeah. In times like this,
Speaker 22:I wish I had a boat.
Speaker 2:I know what you mean.
Speaker 22:But it's better to have a friend with a boat than have a boat. You know?
Speaker 2:I couldn't agree more. Actually, my wife is down buying a boat down south right now and is getting ready to sail it up. And she's been very clear. She's like, this is my boat, and I'm buying it. I'm like, great.
Speaker 2:Because I know I'm gonna go on that boat. But if she wants it to be, like, her boat and her responsibility, then that's even better. I'm like, okay. You don't want any help with the boat. That it's just your boat, that's fine with me.
Speaker 2:You're definitely still taking me fishing, so that's fine.
Speaker 22:Well, ask her when we're going.
Speaker 2:I will. I will. Is there anything you wanted to talk about today while we're on the air?
Speaker 22:I got a couple of things. It might not make sense, but what gets bigger the more
Speaker 6:you take away from it?
Speaker 2:Are you doing a riddle? Are we doing a riddle right now?
Speaker 22:Yeah. You figured that one out.
Speaker 2:Alright. How about this? Instead of me trying to answer, I'm gonna put that on the air, and we'll let you call in to try and give us an answer. How's that sound?
Speaker 22:Okay. And why why was the Rhodes clip called the Rhodes clip?
Speaker 2:I I okay. So we got two let's stick it to one. So the first one is what gets bigger the more you take away from it? Let's send that out there. And then if people can think of some answers, I want them to call in.
Speaker 2:What gets bigger as you take away from it? Right?
Speaker 22:I'm gonna answer the last one. It's because a potholder was already taken.
Speaker 2:Pretty good. Well, I would say thank you so much for calling in. Got another call coming in. Appreciate you, Buttercup. Take care out there.
Speaker 5:Can do.
Speaker 2:Hello. You are on the air with Juno's Problem Corner. Oh, no. We missed that one. Give us a callback.
Speaker 2:Alright. So we've got a riddle out there. I want people to call in and let us know what they think the answer is to what gets bigger as you take away from it. Hello. You're on the air with Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:Oh, I'm gonna have to if you you need to get away from the radio, I'm gonna have to drop the call. Hello?
Speaker 22:Yeah. Hello.
Speaker 2:Hello.
Speaker 6:We have a bad connection. I don't know what happened. I I shut the radio off, but it it's it's really bad. Should I call you back?
Speaker 2:I'm sorry to hear that. I can hear you great. You're coming through really clear.
Speaker 6:Yeah. I I can't read you because of the static.
Speaker 2:I'm sorry to hear that. Okay. Then let me, hang up and try giving me a callback because, you're coming through clear for me. You sound great.
Speaker 6:Okay. I'll I'll call you back.
Speaker 2:Alright. If anyone else have any trouble with our connection, let us know. Hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 4:Hi. Good morning. I was just calling in to say happy birthday to one of my best friends, Eleanor Morgan.
Speaker 2:That's so sweet. Happy birthday to Eleanor Morgan.
Speaker 4:Uh-huh. She's pushing 39, I think.
Speaker 2:Awesome. Pushing 39. Okay. Great. What's tell us a great fact about Eleanor.
Speaker 2:Nothing too personal. We don't wanna air dirty laundry. But what's something great about Eleanor that you appreciate?
Speaker 4:Well, she may be a little crazy, but she's a lot of fun to be around.
Speaker 2:Hey. That's a good that's a good friend right there. I think most of my friends are a little crazy, including myself. Okay. Great.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much for calling with this birthday wish. Do you wanna say who it's from?
Speaker 4:This is
Speaker 2:I'm sorry.
Speaker 6:Say that
Speaker 4:again? Also, not this is Virginia.
Speaker 2:Virginia. But
Speaker 4:I also wanted to say there's nothing she wouldn't do for her friends.
Speaker 2:That's so nice. Happy birthday to Eleanor Morgan. Pushin' 39, a little crazy, but one of the best friends you could ever have. Thank you so much for calling Thank
Speaker 4:you. Alright.
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Speaker 2:Hello. You are on the air with Geno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 6:Yeah. Anybody can get onto the Internet and, look up the state of Alaska division of elections. And they can see that under United States Senate that Carol Haffner's address is listed as South Dakota.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 6:And her phone number traces back to Manhattan, New York City. And she also ran for a United States senator in you know, where was it? Oh, well, it was is oh, yeah. Wyoming. Mhmm.
Speaker 6:And that was only a a couple years ago. She ran for United States senator in Wyoming. Lost that one. Her son was the one that ran for United States Representative from a prison cell for making bomb threats. And we're having people that like Carol Haffner, who's and she did an interview for KTUU and she's now the Alaska Beacon, where she said she's blown over Alaska, but she's never as so far as boots on the ground.
Speaker 6:No. She's so now we have people that are not even from Alaska, never been to Alaska that are running for United States senator to represent Alaska. That's not the kind of person I want in the United States Senate, and I don't understand it. Think that what they're doing is there's they found out there's money in it. They're just making money by getting donations to their campaign, and they're using that money to live off of making a mockery of our campaigns, making a mockery of Alaska.
Speaker 6:But I don't it's right there. It the state of Alaska division of elections. You can look up Carol Haffner's address and her phone number, South Dakota address. And it turns out her her address in South Dakota is actually a virtual address. It's not actually a real address.
Speaker 6:It's where anybody can can set up an address at that at that site. Okay. Well,
Speaker 2:I'm gonna say, like, thank you so much for calling in with this information. It is voting day, so I hope that people are doing their research before they are casting their vote for people. It is important to know who you're voting for, where they're from, their relationship to your community, and to your causes. We've got one last commercial break we're gonna go into. It's just gonna be a couple of minutes long, and then we will be right back.
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Speaker 1:Now back to Problem Corner where our community meets to talk, trade, and share.
Speaker 2:Talk, trade, and share. Give us a call at (907) 586-1800. We are in the last ten minutes of our show. So we're coming down to the very end. So I'm gonna try to keep our calls a little on the shorter side, but we've had a real great batch of, conversationalists calling in today.
Speaker 2:We really appreciate it. Reminder, everyone out there, in case you are just waking up and you don't know, it is voting day. Go online, do a little research, get in that voting booth, and cast your vote. It is important. There's one ballot measure, and there are three candidates to vote on, in three different races.
Speaker 2:I'm sorry. There's a ton of candidates, but there are three different races to vote on. And we are, really hoping that people will go out there and do their democratic duty. And hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 14:Hey. I got on there. I just I I was just get done working. Hey. You know, Jenny decided to give away the the city hall.
Speaker 14:I'm for a million and 0.5.
Speaker 2:Million and 0.5. Got it.
Speaker 14:Yeah. And, of course, you know, I got a house here in the valley that's about maybe about the fifth the size what you got, and it's and it's valued at $500,000. The city should be all the the city manager needs to be fired along with the assembly members, which are all of them. But what they did, they gave away that building. I'm just waiting for them to go ahead and get rid of all that that gondola project for about $1.10 cents on the dollar because they they're such incompetent there.
Speaker 14:They say it's not valid. I I mean, they they should be in I never vote for any of those folks on the assembly, including the mayor. I will never vote for them, period. They are incompetent that next time I see NANO and I talk to him and and all the guys, they did just they did the same thing to protect them all from the reelection coming up, but I'm not gonna vote for good old Kelly. And because they're they're just not worth it.
Speaker 14:That's all. And that's my 2¢ for today. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Thank you for calling in. Really appreciate it. We love some passion on the air. If anyone knows any more specific details about the detail the deal between the city and SHI selling the old city Hall, I'd love to hear more about it in our last couple of minutes on the show.
Speaker 2:Hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 27:A hole. Like a hole in the ground.
Speaker 3:Hole in the
Speaker 6:ground. Away from it? What?
Speaker 7:Bigger it gets.
Speaker 2:Oh, a hole in the ground is the answer to our riddle. What gets bigger the more you take away from it? A hole in the ground. That is a great answer. Thank you so much, sir.
Speaker 2:Really appreciate you. I had a moment where I was just thinking about city hall, and like you called, you said a hole in the ground. And I was like, oh my god. Are we doing like a spoken word response to local politics? And that's great.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much. The answer to our riddle. Do you wanna share your name with our audience today?
Speaker 27:Cody.
Speaker 2:Cody with a great answer for our riddle of what gets bigger the more you take away from it. Thanks a lot, Cody. Anything else you wanna talk about while you're on the air? That's a no. Alright.
Speaker 2:Next up, hello, you're with Problem Corner. No, you're not. Hello. You're with Juno Problem Corner.
Speaker 27:Hey. Wanna echo that guy's feelings about selling city hall for pennies on the dollar.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Absolutely. It does seem like quite the deal.
Speaker 27:It's a sweetheart deal, and CBJ really seems to be doing sweetheart deals to corporations. Regardless of that, it's a disservice to the citizens of Juneau because we're in a budget problem right now. And selling that house or that city hall for $1,500,000 when the minimum bid was supposed to be 2,500,000 assessed by the city assessors without even having much I mean, it's just such a bad idea. We could have gotten more money out of it. And and see Alaska is going to spend $40,000,000 to build their new facility.
Speaker 27:We said it will take them four years to get this money together. Well, what's the rush to sell it to them now when we could easily get that extra million or 2 or more out of it if we just waited?
Speaker 6:That's interesting.
Speaker 4:All that money could
Speaker 27:be going to repairing schools, paving roads, roads, paying our police officers, you name it. We basically just got ripped off million to $3,000,000. It's I wonder
Speaker 2:what, SHI offered to the city, or what argument they made to get such a a low cost when the minimum bid was supposed to be 2.5. And I also wonder if there was anyone else who was trying to get the property.
Speaker 27:They didn't even allow it to be open for anybody else. They said, hey. I'll I'll give you I'll give you it for 1,500,000. Sound good? And then they just said, sure.
Speaker 27:Sounds good. No one else even had the opportunity to bid or offer their ideas for the space. Instead, we offered it to CLASCA, who's a good steward to the downtown area. Mhmm. You're right.
Speaker 27:They've done a lot to improve that process, that that that area, but we shouldn't be giving sweetheart deals to people anymore. The city's in a pinch, and every million every penny that we can save, it's taken it out of you and I's, like, pocket, basically. I mean, the city owns that land. It should have been we should have gotten full value for it. That's my 2¢.
Speaker 27:Thanks, sir.
Speaker 2:No. Yeah. Thank you so much for calling. Really appreciate it. We got some more information on the city hall deal with SHI, and that's what I was looking for.
Speaker 2:Hello. You're on the air with Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 28:I'd just be curious because with the the Alaska deal, I mean, it's really frustrating, and I totally feel like our city leaders have are are failing us on multiple levels. The world's isn't the world's part of our city government making these votes? And aren't they a part of the Sealaska Corporation as well? Are making decisions like that? I would look into that.
Speaker 28:I believe the world's are part of the city government making these decisions and part of the Alaska benefiting from them. So, anyways, that just seems kind of suspect on my end.
Speaker 2:Very interesting. I didn't know that we had any whirls in city government.
Speaker 28:I don't know. I I I believe there is. I thought there was a
Speaker 2:Oh, no. We're losing your breakups.
Speaker 12:I'm gonna drop the call because you
Speaker 2:have another person coming in, but thank you so much for calling in with those thoughts. Hello. You're on the air with Geno's Problem Corner in the last three minutes on the air.
Speaker 4:Just a quick question. Yes. And I know you keep saying you don't know stuff. So but isn't Sea Alaska also a for a nonprofit, which means that all that they build and do, there won't be any revenue coming into the city?
Speaker 2:While I'm not 100% sure about everything about it, my belief is that there's the Sea Alaska, like, corporation, which is a for profit entity, which is and then there is the, like, Sea Alaska Heritage Institute, which is, like, underneath their umbrella, and it is a nonprofit. So I please someone call and correct me if I'm wrong. But we've got the for profit corporation whose, like, main responsibility is to make money for its shareholders. And then within that, there is a nonprofit, which is the Heritage Institute. And so I think that if there's this big purchase going on, it's probably coming from the corporation and not the Heritage Institute.
Speaker 2:But once again, something that I'm mostly learning about today on the air from wonderful callers like you.
Speaker 4:Thank you.
Speaker 2:Absolutely. Thank you. Alright. We did get a text come in. As a reminder, you can always text 586-1800.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna read this out. So in the past six months, not a single business opened their mouth and protest or a counter offer. This is in reference to the purchase of the city hall by the Sea Alaska. And the city was scared of what the appraisal may be, which is why they voted against it. Unless they want to be free market true believers, capital D, capital B, and listed for no minimum bid and no reserve, I'm not believing that any other company would be dumb enough to want to go through the planning commission and say to get a project completed.
Speaker 2:They all know it's a waste of their time and this is why we can't bring capital to Juneau. Interesting. So I think that what we're hearing here from our texter is that maybe the city was able to actually get a better deal by just like taking a like, a lower straight up cash offer on the spot instead of going through a more rigorous process. But we are at the end of our show. Thank you all so much for calling in to Juno's Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:It's been a really exciting day. Get out and vote, and I will see you next week.
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